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<p>So I'm taking both the AP Calculus BC and the IB HL Math exams in 2 weeks.</p>

<p>I got a 5 on AP AB, and I see that would give me credit for calc 1
If I get a 4/5 on BC, then I would get credit for calc 1 and 2.</p>

<p>If I get a 6/7 on IB, then i would get credit for calc 1 and 2</p>

<p>I was looking on the websites, and it says to get credit for math due to IB, get a 6+ on HL, and talk with a placement guy. Does that mean if I get a 3 on Calc BC and a 6 on HL Math I might have to take calculus 2 again?</p>

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<p>For a 3 on the BC, you will not get <em>credit</em> for MTH 32 but you <em>can</em> skip it - see <a href="http://www.math.duke.edu/first_year/placementFAQs.html#A8%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.math.duke.edu/first_year/placementFAQs.html#A8&lt;/a> for details. Are you an Engineer?</p>

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<p>no, im in Trinity. Would a 6 on IB give you credit for 2 years of calculus, (causing me to take only 32 courses instead of 34)?</p>

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<p>I don't want to completely hijack your topic, but on a similar note, does anyone know if taking math courses is the only way to fulfill our Quantitative Analysis Area of Knowledge credits? I want to take as little math as possible...</p>

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<p>There are other ways to do it. Enteril, what are your eventual goals? Most students need to take math anyway.</p>

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<p>I'm thinking biology, but without the emphasis on chemistry that a lot of biology majors have. More of theory and research than statistics/number crunching. Obviously I don't mind taking a little math to help with career goals (I'm in AP Calculus BC right now) but I just don't enjoy it.</p>

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<p>There are definately other ways to get out of QS - stats and others that I don't recall.</p>

<p>Also, higher level math classes (once you get past Calc 3 for the most part) are a lot different from calculus, so if you don't like calculus that doesn't mean you should give up on math necessarily.</p>

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<p>According to the website given by Dr.G above, you can take intro stats or computer science courses to fulfill QS requirement</p>

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<p>Ugh...I always thought stats was math too, heh. Well, maybe I'll just take second year calculus and an intro to stats class, shouldn't be that bad.</p>

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<p>A biology major requires some Math, probably, but you may have AP'd out of it. Of course, if you're a premed, that requires math. And graduate schools may well want to see at least some quant. analysis from you, if you're going for the PhD.</p>

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<p>There is a bio stat class. Stat is not very math intensive at the lower levels... if you did well in calc it should be a breeze.</p>

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<p>Be warned. Duke does not give credit for AP Stat. This means that unlike Math 31 and 32, a large proportion of the class walks into intro stats already knowing the material very comfortably.</p>

<p>(While undoubtedly there are some students who enter 31 and 32 in this fashion, it is not nearly the same proportion.)</p>

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<p>abump....anyone know about the IB credit for sure?</p>

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<p>Lewis Blake does - write him :-D mailto:<a href="mailto:sfi@math.duke.edu">sfi@math.duke.edu</a></p>